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Subject Slave emancipation Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

51. IOR/R/15/2/1855

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1855
Title:
File A/11 VI Slave trading on the Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers relating to slaves' manumission applications heard at Sharjah. For each case, there is the initial correspondence, including the slave's manumission statement, sent from the Residency Agent at Sharjah ('Abd al-Razzaq Razuqi), followed by return c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1940-9 Sep 1941
Extent:
1 file (253 folios)

52. IOR/R/15/2/1856

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1856
Title:
File A/12 Arrest and capture of slaves
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to two slavery related incidents raised with the Political Agency in Bahrain. The first case (folios 1-22) involves two male ex-slaves who were apprehended by the Iranian police while travelling by boat to Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām] to recover their belong...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1937-27 Jan 1938
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

53. IOR/R/15/2/1857

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1857
Title:
File A/13 Slave cases: Bahrain
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and other papers related to over thirty manumission applications heard at the Political Agency in Bahrain. The manumission statements for each slave are included in the file, along with related follow-up correspondence exchanged between the Bahrain Agency and oth...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1939-16 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (172 folios)

54. IOR/R/15/6/414-422

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/414-422
Title:
File 13: Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub series IOR/R/15/6/414-422 comprises correspondence relating to slavery and the slave trade in the Persian Gulf. Much of the correspondence is between the Political Agent, Muscat and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. Topics discussed include statistics in relation to applica...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1934-1949
Extent:
9 files (898 folios)